Indoor bowlers slip to third

Press, 15 August 1978, Page 30

Indoor bowlers slip to third

After having the chance of winning at one stage, the Canterbury indoor bowls team, skipped by Mrs Pat Fuller, had to settle for third place at the final of the Rothmans national tournament at Auckland at the week-end.

The winner was the Bay of Plenty entry skipped by Jim Pratt, who won with Central King Country in 1965. He was also the run-ner-up in 1974.

To win, Canterbury needed to beat Bay of Plenty, but after leading for most of the game Canterbury faltered near the end and Pratt

scored a two on the last end to win, 8-6.

Mrs Fuller began with a good win over Alan Bain (Wairarapa), 10-6. Wairarapa won more ends, but a six on one end gave Canterbury as many points as Wairarapa earned on six ends. In the second round Canterbury had an important win over the strong Waikato four skipped by Graham Pederson, a measured shot on the last end giving Canterbury its victory. But in the next round Canterbury was not so lucky, being beaten on the last bowl by Robbie Duncan (Golden Bay). Two wins

then followed, although the 12-6 success over Peter Brooks (Greymouth) was not as decisive as the score might suggest. Killed ends helped Canterbury’s cause greatly. Canterbury _ still had a chance of finishing second going into the last round but it was well beaten by the little-fancied North Wellington team skipped by Brian Thompson. Placings were:-—

Bay of Plenty (14 game points, 36 ends 3 78 points scored) 1, Waikato (10, 41, 72) 2, Canterbury (10. 35, .71) 3. Greymouth (8, 39, 66) 4. North Wellington (8, 37, 62} 5, Golden Bay (8, 35, 64) 6, Central Otago (6, 32,

61) 7, Wairarapa (4, 43. 67) 8, Central King Country (4, 34, 66) 9. Results:— , First round.—Canterbury (Mrs P. Fuller) 10, Wairarapa (A. Bain) 6; Golden Bay (R. Duncan) 12, Central King . Country (L. Bell) 11; Waikato (G. Pederson) 8, Greymouth (P. Brooks) 5; North Wellington (B. Thompson) 10, Bay of Plenty (J. Pratt) 4. Second round.—Canterbury 6, Waikato 4; Greymouth 9, Golden Bay 7: Central Otago (A. Smart) 13, North Wellington 6; Bay of Plenty 11, Wairarapa 8. Third round.—Central Otago 13. Wairarapa 7; Greymouth 9, Central King Country 8; Golden Bay 7, Canterbury 6; Bay of Plenty 12, Waikato 8.

Fourth round.—Canterbury 11, Central King Country 6; North Wellington 11, Wairarapa 10; Bay of Plenty 11, Golden Bay 5; Waikato 14, Central Otago 7.

Fifth round.—Canterbury 12, Greymouth 6; Bay of Plenty 12, Central King Country 10; Central Otago 9, Golden Bay 4; Waikato 7, North Wellington 5. Sixth round.—Waikato 14, Wairarapa 7; Bay of Plenty 14, Greymouth 3; Central King Country 10. Central Otago 8; Golden Bay 14. North Wellington 2.

Seventh round.—Bay of Plenty 8, Canterbury 6; North Wellington 12, Central King Country 6; Golden Bay 12, Wairarapa 7; Greymouth 16, Central Otago 3.

Eighth round.—Canterbury 16, Central Otago 5; Wairarapa 12, Central King Country 6; Greymouth 11, North Wellington 5; Waikato 10. Golden Bay 3. Ninth round.—North Wellington 11, Canterbury 4; Bay of Plenty 6, Central Otago 3; Wairarapa 10. Greymouth 7; Central King Country 9, Waikato 7.